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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 04:18 AM
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Valorian
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From: Virginia
Default A Solstice!?!?!?

Tonight, as I was on my way to my friend's place to celebrate his birthday, I had to stop at a gas station and fill up because the gas light had just came on. I had just been cruising along listening to some tunes and feeling good. I fill up the tank and go into pay and walk back out just like any other normal day ready to get in my car and continue on the trip. I walk outside, though, and I can sense something in the air. What was it? I couldn't quite put my finger on it. But, just then, I see coming down the road a black Pontiac Solstice Convertible (complete with a douchebag driver) who very noticeably revs his engine as he goes by and slows down as if to wait on me. What do I do? We all know the answer to this.....I jump in my car start it up and take off like a bat out of hell. He challenged me there's no way I could back down from this fight. I of course was thinking to myself I got this easy.....it's a Solstice. By the sound of his car when he rev'd it at me I figured it was mod'd some but I still felt confident. I catch up to him as we start going up a bit of an incline and the road breaks into 2 lanes on our side and I wait for a second and then I decided I would try to pass him and see what he does. As soon as I started to swerve into the other lane, he guns it and I drop it into 3rd as well and hit the gas. At first I was going by him with ease I was like man this is nothing but I wasn't paying close attention and I almost redlined 3rd and I had to poorly swap to 4th but I heard him stay in 3rd for at least 10 more seconds after this which astonishes me because 3rd gear doesn't redline till 80+ in my car. As I shifted gears, he pulled ahead of me abit and we stayed like that until we broke 95 or so and I had him by about a carlength. He then fell in behind me and rode my butt for the next while. We come up to a red light that turns onto the interstate and I figured he would try to race me again but I wasn't going to initiate it so I pull out going left and he does the same but I was starting to swap to 3rd gear at low RPMs like I normally would when he takes off and try as I might with the shape I was in he blew past me and there was nothing I could do about it. It astonished me still that a Solstice could even run with me let alone do what he did. Has anyone else had any experience racing one? I was embarassed and ashamed by these events and hopefully you guys can explain to me what happened there? haha
 
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